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I was expecting at least a few on here to have posted some comments, but so far zilch! I was in Salisbury, instead of Chippenham, and what seemed like it was going to be a pretty feeble affair turned into a spectacular storm, although from where I was, down in a dip at Fugglestone Red, I couldn’t really see the best of the lightning, but it was almost continuous for around thirty minutes, from just before 1am, and flashes were still showing about 2am, by which time it had moved up to Swindon and Cirencester. I was watching on lightningmaps.org, and the number of flashes from Bournemouth up to Cirencester is unbelievable, must be numbering in the hundreds. Amazing storm.
I was visiting family in Nailsea (nr Bristol), yesterday, and we had a pretty spectacular lightning storm. I didn't hear any thunder but we were in the curry house at the time.
It was bloody loud in Brizzle. Felt like it was right over us.
One bright flash and one big f-off bang which rattled our house @ midnight
Dumfries
We were bivvying out after doing the Dirty Reiver. Got woken up by it, very close and very bright and loud!
No real thunder here in Worcestershire but fantastic lightning display
we were driving south on the M3 at the time. Magic! Some of the best I've seen
Not a peep in Cardiff.
There wouldn’t have been, Mol, it didn’t go further west than Swindon. If I’d been at home I’d have probably seen quite a lot of flashes, but they’d have been fairly distant, although I’ve just checked the screen shots of the web site and there was one strike on the north side of Chippenham, but the active front ran almost due north from Salisbury to Swindon, with a huge area around Bournemouth and Cranbourne Chase. I wish I’d been up on the Plain with a clear view, but it was 1am, and I didn’t have a key for my g/f mum’s house.
One of the biggest things I miss from living in Central Europe was the storms that started at 4 pm with alarming regularity, as the summer heat melted the snow of the alps.